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bolo

[boh-loh] / ˈboʊ loʊ /
NOUN
bolo tie
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NOUN
machete
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Often, stones and minerals collected by rockhounds are turned into pendants, bolo ties, rings, bookends and colorful spheres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Perhaps the most confounding person on the list is Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Coloradan who, according to the Times, would wear bolo ties and “roar… around town on a highly accessorized Harley-Davidson.”

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2022

Mr. Young’s family also endorsed her and filmed an ad for her, bestowing her with one of his signature bolo ties.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

"More than anything my TikTok is a work tool," said Novoa, who also sells bolo through his channel.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022

When Luke looked at Ricky, he realized he was wearing a pair of pressed blue jeans and a button-up cowboy shirt, complete with bolo tie.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Campbell wore his hair in a salt-and-pepper ponytail; fashioned traditional, Native American jewelry on the side; and eschewed neckties, de rigueur for Senate attire, in favor of bolos when appearing on the floor.

From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2020

He wore bolos and flannel shirts and polyester pants.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018

And I did recently rip into my own grandmother for buying Thomas' English Muffins when she has a local bakery nearby making artisan Portuguese bolos — which everyone knows is better!

From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 27, 2010

The General went at once himself where the germs were thickest, the bolos sharpest.

From Time Magazine Archive

And again: “On wensday the first instant i went on a hike of seven miles. i captured three ladrones four bolos, one old gun and too durks.”

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert

You've been boloed on outpost and gone to heaven, and you don't know it.'

From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

"I'd rather be boloed than tell you," he said.

From The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers


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